Games 4R Future
Project Description
Games 4R Future enables participants to learn, compete, and design prosocial solutions through game creation while advancing real world objectives from select nonprofit organizations.
Program components include product design, marketing, collaboration, presentations, scholarship prizes, and a robust support platform for program alumni.
The 4Rs: Relational, Rooted, Regenerative, Revolutionary
Mission/Vision
Games 4R Future enables participants to learn, compete, and design prosocial solutions through game creation.
Program components include product design, marketing, collaboration, presentations and a robust support platform for program alumni.
Goals
- Funded and guided game design jam with mentorship from industry leaders
- Demo day with industry partners and potential add on funding to evolve game projects
- Access to Alumni network and ongoing mentorship
- Opportunities to benefit and advance objectives from select nonprofit organizations
Mentors and experts will guide participants throughout the program.
Industry leaders can invest and uplift emerging talent while contributing to prosocial causes.
Accomplishments
- Program designed and core components in place. budget, scope and schedule approved.
- Branding completed.
- Partnership development has commenced and is well underway.
- Operational components planned.
Next Steps
- Mentors, sponsors, partners outreach in progress, and will continue through Q2 2026.
- Marketing, asset creation and comms to begin June, 2026.
- Procure and configure program’s operational components.
- Inaugural cohort on track to launch late-Summer, 2026.
About the founder
Brian Pang
Brian Pang is a long-tenured Product Development Director at Electronic Arts (EA). He also serves as a lead, advisor, and board member at organizations centered on equity for Asian Americans.
Through his work with Stand with Asian Americans, Asian Justice Movement, Asian Leaders Alliance, ACE NextGen, APAs vs Hate, Elimin8hate, Ascend Leadership, Racial Equity Screen Office, YPC, and Asians in Gaming, Brian is devoted to advocacy for marginalized communities, for-justice initiatives, and systemic improvements to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion.